Chapter eight hundred and seventy-eight is like home in a foreign land
Wang Tong's words were naked and unconcealed by his disgust and contempt for scholars. However, Meng Feng was a eunuch and Tan Jiang was a warrior. He naturally agreed with this position and laughed.
When the Ming Dynasty opened its territory and was truly under control, there was often a symbol that the people in the area could study in the imperial examinations and produce scholars with fame and fame. Even if they were completely controlled and surrendered to the king's transformation, if they became a Jinshi, it would be a grand event.
Of course, after this process, the court naturally set up a yamen office and the yamen will take charge of it.
Wang Tong originally defined Guihua City and the surrounding land as the imperial village, which was directly managed by the inner ministers on behalf of the emperor. In places like Guihua City, eunuchs could gain benefits here, and there were many more places to arrange people.
In the Bing Town, Datong Town and the Imperial Army, a large number of veterans were placed here, and the generals everywhere also had various benefits in the fields and commercial fields of Guihua City.
There is such a layout of interests here, and the royal family and the military allocate their own distribution, so naturally they are unwilling to let the officials out again. In fact, if the naturalized city stabilizes, the officials require local officials to be set up here to squeeze out the officials and suppress the military officers.
The scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty competed for profit and the country of the Ming Dynasty. They never paid attention to tranquility and indifference, but they all fought for the first place.
The idea of the common people is that everything is inferior. Only those who are well-educated and moved here, and even those serfs who were originally robbed, will have the idea of letting their children study and "seeking a background" to that point, and it will be difficult to stop the officials from reaching their hands.
Wang Tong's approach is very simple and straightforward, which is to kill the possibility first. Give these people's original origins and other ways of origin, so that the craftsmen and warriors in Guihua City can have reserves and be able to metabolize themselves.
"The Marquis said it well. After all, Guihua City has just been conquered and the education is not developed. If you study here, wouldn't it be delayed? "Let's go to Datong and Shanxi!"
Meng Feng said with a smile, but Ma Yong, who was following behind, cursed and said hatefully: "If you want to take the exam for a good fortune, you can just rent and enjoy the happiness here. We can't ask for those from the Wei Institute. You have to fight to death. When will the rent and tax be reduced? Why do they read a few books and get a good fortune after getting a good fortune, and then they will become the best."
"If you hear these words from Ma Yong, you may be drowned!"
Wang Tong joked with a smile, and Ma Yong shook his head and smiled bitterly. At this point, Meng Feng understood even more that if there were scholars with fame on this newly occupied land, the scholar's land would be exempted from taxes. Maybe someone would have to take the land to pay, and the taxes would be received.
"What the Marquis said is that we cannot delay the future of those who seek to improve. As long as there are those who want to study for the imperial examination, the younger ones will send their whole family away."
Everyone was laughing. Although Wang Tong came to this Guihua City as a guest, Wang Tong was completely like a master's behavior. He directly asked someone to take the residence to settle first, and then go to the banquet at night..........All the way, it was settled when he arrived at this house. The guards started to carry things. After the house where the women lived was cleaned up, the maids and mothers began to clean up, and then helped Wang Tong's wife and concubines come down.
Wang Tong came here for the first time. According to his usual habits, he led several personal guards to walk around the house once to familiarize himself with the terrain so that he would not have time to react.
When he walked to the back house, he saw several well-dressed men who were directing a maid to clean up the arrangements there. Wang Tong had never seen these men. When he was wondering, Tan Dahu who was following him, Tan Erhu whispered: "Marty, the villain is here to be with his mother and a few aunts."
Wang Tong was stunned, then reacted, frowned and turned and said, "Your father and uncle are now the leading figures in Guihua City. This is too unreasonable. You have someone below to do your job. Let your mother and aunt go in and talk to Aunt Ma, just don't be busy outside."
Seeing Wang Tong frowning, Tan Dahu and Tan Erhu were nervous and thought he had done something wrong. He was relieved when he heard these words and hurried over.
It took a long time since the mother and son. As soon as they saw two brothers in the Tan family, several people immediately cried out. Tan Dahu and Tan Erhu were there to persuade each other. The Tan family members saw Wang Tong here and gave their blessings in panic. Wang Tong nodded with a smile. Tan Dahu and Erhu both persuaded and pushed everyone, and sent everyone into the yard. Then they ran back with a little embarrassed.
"After walking in the yard, you can go home for the New Year on holiday and spend more time with your parents!"
Wang Tong said with a smile, Tan Dahu and Tan Erhu hurriedly thanked each other again. Seeing this scene just now, Wang Tong also felt in a good mood. After walking around the yard, he returned to the inner house.
After entering the inner house, Han Xia happened to be leading Zhang Hongying and his family members to patrol the yard. Zhai Xiuer and Lu Ruomei also followed behind with a downed look. Seeing them, Wang Tong smiled and said, "You have worked hard all the way, it's okay to go back to the house to rest. You can celebrate the New Year by yourself in the evening, and I have something to do here."
The women here all bowed together. According to the rules of the inner house, in this case, only the wife Han Xia is qualified to talk to Wang Tong, and others are rude to interrupt.
After Han Xia saluted, she walked to Wang Tong and said with a smile: "The master is going to do the important business, and I, my sisters, are also lively enough for the New Year.
"The house equipment and the use of people are enough. This is my own place. If you have any needs, just keep the mouths of the Tan family."
"Don't worry, you're all here. It is said that the maids and mothers who serve them are all smart families of Han serfs here, and they are all enough utensils, but I feel a little extravagant."
Han Xia frowned and said, even though she had not been together for a long time, Wang Tong knew that Han Xia was a frugal girl. After all, Zhang Hongying also helped Ma Ma’s housekeeper for many years and was very careful when she heard her say this. He couldn’t help but ask with a smile. Han Xia replied: “This house and the living room are covered with good carpets. Look at the weaver like that, in Beijing and Tianjin, it is still a few hundred taels or even thousands of taels. The supplies in the house are mostly gold and silverware. Such luxury is a blessing…”
Wang Tong couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and reached out to pat Han Xia's forehead. Although he was a couple, Wang Tong was much taller than Han Xia and a few years older. This move was not so much intimate as a child. Han Xia did not dodge his move, but her face turned red, and she said softly: "Husband, sisters are all here!"
Zhang Hongying, Zhai Xiuer and Lu Ruomei both had smiles on their faces and pretended to look elsewhere. Wang Tong said with a smile: "You think this blanket is precious, but it is also an ordinary thing here. If you really want to buy it here, it is only ten to hundreds of taels of goods, and those gold and silverware. Do you know what the price of this porcelain is here? It is gold and silver. They don't have porcelain and copper and ironware, so they can only use gold and silver."
Han Xia naturally had no such insight. After Wang Tong said this, she realized it. Wang Tong continued: "How could the Tartars on the grassland build such a city? There are such houses, and there are so many gold and silver in it. It is because of trade. The things of ten taels here can be sold for a thousand taels in the Ming Dynasty, and the things of the Ming Dynasty are the same. When they interact with each other, they naturally earn countless wealth."
The girls listened without understanding. After Wang Tong finished speaking, he accompanied his wives and concubines to talk a few words, and then went to the front hall again. General Tan and the shopkeepers of Sanjiang Trading Company were waiting.
After a few simple discussions, I brought back a stack of volumes, which were all statistics and data from Sanjiang Commercial Bank, as well as various intelligence collected locally and in the grasslands according to Sanjiang internal regulations. General Tan also has the situation of various caravans guarding and related files.
The residence of the Altan nobles, the living room and bedroom are all imitated by the rules of the wealthy families in the Ming Dynasty, but there is no study room, but there is a house for weapons. Wang Tong simply sat down in the living room and looked through it page by page. As he was looking at it, Zhai Xiuer secretly came over. After coming over, he smiled and said, "Master, although it is cold outside here, the house is warm and tight, which is more comfortable than that in Nanjing."
The houses in the south are cold in winter, but at most they can only make a charcoal furnace and charcoal basin to keep warm, which is as convenient as the fire walls and ground rabbits here.
Wang Tong liked this lively and unstable Zhai Xiuer very much. When she heard her say this, she put down the roulette and asked with a smile: "Are you still used to it?"
"It's too dry and cold, and there's a hole in your face. Master, look at your body's recovery, when can we go back!"
Because Zhai Xiu'er was involved in pretending to be sick, she could ask this question. It would be too rude if others said this. Wang Tong shook his head and smiled and said, "Go back? I don't know when it's time. I finally came here once, so I have to stay for a few more days."
Although Wang Tong did not live in the original palace, Meng Feng and the leading figures in Guihua City were still at the former site of the palace. After all, there was enough room here, and there was even enough kitchen.
After Wang Tong arrived, Meng Feng specially led Wang Tong to the kitchen for a walk. It was indeed worth seeing. In the open space in front of the kitchen, a camel was being baked on the iron rack. Several chefs were using brushes to dip the seasonings on the camel, and the fragrance was everywhere.
"I had already hired a chef from Datong, but since the Marquis came to Naturalization, he always had to taste the characteristics of the grassland."
Chapter completed!